Name: Multi-Boson Interactions Workshop at the University of Michigan
Start: 2018-08-28T09:00:00-04:00
End: 2018-08-30T18:00:00-04:00
Location: No location set

Tuesday, 28 August
- 09:00 → 09:10
  
  Introduction 10m
  
  Speakers: Aaron Pierce (University of Michigan), Junjie Zhu (University of Michigan (US))
  
  MBI2018.pdf
- 09:10 → 09:55
  
  Status of NLO/NNLO QCD calculations for multi-boson processes 45m
  
  Speaker: Radja Boughezal (Argonne National Laboratory)
  
  Boughezal-MBI2018.pdf
- 09:55 → 10:40
  
  Electroweak corrections in VBS and multi-boson and VBScan MC comparison 45m
  
  Speaker: Marco Zaro (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))
  
  Zaro_MBI_aug18.pdf
- 10:40 → 11:10
  
  Coffee break 30m
- 11:10 → 11:55
  
  Results for charged diboson channels (including aTGCs) 45m
  
  Speaker: Saptaparna Bhattacharya (Northwestern University (US))
  
  MBI_2018_Bhattacharya.pdf
- 14:00 → 14:45
  
  Results for neutral diboson channels (including aTGCs) 45m
  
  Speaker: Bing Li (University of Michigan (US))
  
  MBI2018_BingLi.pdf
- 14:45 → 15:15
  
  Precision measurement with diboson at the LHC 30m
  
  Speaker: Da Liu (Argonne National Laboratory)
  
  Talk_Da_MBI.pdf
- 15:15 → 15:45
  
  Coffee break 30m
- 15:45 → 16:30
  
  EFT in di(multi-)bosons 45m
  
  Speaker: Andrea Wulzer (CERN)
  
  talk_wulzer.pdf
- 16:30 → 16:55
  
  Status of Sherpa event generator 25m
  
  Speaker: Stefan Hoeche (SLAC)
  
  annarbor_18-08.pdf
- 16:55 → 17:20
  
  Status of WHIZARD event generator 25m
  
  Speaker: Jürgen Reuter (DESY Hamburg, Germany)
  
  JRR_MBI2018_WHIZARD.pdf
- 18:00 → 20:00
  
  Welcome reception (337 West Hall) 2h
Wednesday, 29 August
- 09:00 → 09:45
  
  Dimensional-8 operators, EFT validity and unitarization 45m
  
  Speaker: Jürgen Reuter (DESY Hamburg, Germany)
  
  JRR_MBI2018_EFT_Unitarity.pdf
- 09:45 → 10:30
  
  Results on triboson proudction (including aQGCs) 45m
  
  Speaker: Shu Li (Tsung-Dao Lee Institute (CN) & Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ. (CN))
  
  Triboson_for_MBI2018.pdf
- 10:30 → 11:00
  
  Coffee break 30m
- 11:00 → 11:45
  
  Results on VBS-VV production for charged diboson channels (including aQGCs) 45m
  
  Speaker: Elena Yatsenko (Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN) & Tsung-Dao Lee Institute (CN))
  
  VBS_MBI2018_ElenaYatsenko.pdf
- 11:45 → 12:30
  
  Results on VBS-VV production for neutral diboson channels (including aQGCs) 45m
  
  Speaker: Kenneth Long (University of Wisconsin Madison (US))
  
  Long_NeutralVBS_MBI2018.pdf
- 14:00 → 14:45
  
  Generalized tri-boson signals from a warped extra dimension 45m
  
  Speaker: Kaustubh Agashe (University of Maryland)
  
  multi_boson.pdf
- 14:45 → 15:30
  
  BSM relevant for multi-boson physics 45m
  
  Speaker: Ian Lewis (The University of Kansas)
  
  IL_MBI_2018.pdf
- 15:30 → 16:00
  
  Coffee break 30m
- 16:00 → 16:20
  
  Search for aQGCs in combinations of multi-boson interactions 20m
  
  Speaker: Jessica Metcalfe (Argonne National Laboratory (US))
  
  Metcalfe_multiboson_combinations.pdf
- 16:20 → 17:05
  
  New physics results (non-boosted signatures) from the LHC 45m
  
  Speaker: Takuya Nobe (University of Tokyo (JP))
  
  MBI_tnobe.pdf
- 17:05 → 17:50
  
  New physics results (boosted signatures) from the LHC 45m
  
  Speaker: Jordan Damgov (Texas Tech University (US))
  
  MBI2018_JDamgov_v2a.pdf
- 17:50 → 18:15
  
  Status of MadGraph5 event generator 25m
  
  Speaker: Dr Ambresh Shivaji (UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve)
  
  MBI_Shivaji.pdf
- 19:00 → 21:00
  
  Workshop dinner (341 S Main St, Ann Arbor) 2h
  
  Real Seafood Company at Ann Arbor:
  341 S Main St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
  
  map.PNG
Thursday, 30 August
- 09:00 → 09:45
  
  Connection to Higgs EFT 45m
  
  Speaker: Dorival Gonçalves (University of Pittsburgh)
  
  dorival_michigan.pdf
- 09:45 → 10:30
  
  Results on VBF-V and VBF-H production (including aTGCs) from the LHC 45m
  
  Speaker: Sabine Wedam Lammers (Indiana University (US))
  
  MBI2018-Lammers.pdf
- 10:30 → 11:00
  
  Coffee break 30m
- 11:00 → 11:45
  
  Results on VH and HH production (including aTGCs) from the LHC 45m
  
  Speaker: Michael David Krohn (University of Minnesota (US))
  
  MBI_VH_HH.pdf
- 11:45 → 12:30
  
  H->VV differential measurement 45m
  
  Speaker: Haijun Yang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN))
  
  HVV-ATLAS-CMS-MBI-2018-August.pdf
  
  HVV-ATLAS-CMS-MBI-2018-August.pptx
- 14:00 → 14:45
  
  Prospects for multi-boson physics at future colliders 45m
  
  Speaker: Tao Han (University of Pittsburgh)
  
  2018-MBI.pdf
- 14:45 → 15:30
  
  Future colliders 45m
  
  Speaker: Philipp Roloff (CERN)
  
  mbi_2018_roloff.pdf
- 15:30 → 15:50
  
  Coffee break 20m
- 15:50 → 16:35
  
  Conference summary 45m
  
  Speaker: R. Sekhar Chivukula (Michigan State University)
  
  RSC-Summary-Talk.pdf

Multi-Boson Interactions Workshop at the University of Michigan

The registration deadline is July 28, 2018. No registration fees are required. Participants need to pay the workshop dinner themselves.

Topics of discussion:

Diboson production

Triboson production

Higgs production

Vector boson scattering and vector boson fusion

Precision calculation and measurement of multiboson production

New physics in multiboson production

Monte Carlo generators

LHC Run 2 results and beyond

The workshop room is 335 West Hall building, and the official physics department address is 450 Church Street, and when you are close, you will see signs for directions. A map about the workshop, campus, hotels and restaurants can be found here.

Program Committee:

Local Organization Committee:

Aaron Pierce, Jianming Qian, James Wells, Bing Zhou, Junjie Zhu

Session chairs:

Juergen Reuter (Tue morning), Marc-Andre Pleier (Tue afternoon), Michael Kobel (Wed morning), Jianming Qian (Wed afternoon), Tao Han (Thur morning), Aaron Pierce (Thur afternoon)

Previous MBI workshops:

2017 Karlsruhe, Germany

2016 Madison, USA

2015 Hamburg, Germany

2014 BNL, USA

2013 Dresden, Germany